Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Poem of the Day 03.09.23

this work email

today
i’m not going to answer
this work email

i may never answer it

i want the person who sent it
to wonder why i didn’t respond

to wonder if i never
got the email in the first place

fuck this person, i think

this blank administrative suit
this cretin who has nothing better to do

then sit in some office
creating busy work for others

sending them
a chipper goddamned email
expecting a man to be excited about it too

america is insane and insipid

i read articles about how
to be more productive at work

read them out of spite

i finish these creeds and wonder
what kind of an asshole gets inspired by this drivel

then i open up my work email
and go…oh…yeah…

so i’m not going to answer
this work email
 
i’m not going to write this shithead back
and pretend interest in their pilot program

give myself some task to do
that i didn’t want to do in the first place

let them sit there and stew
over the lack of communication

this dipshit with a six-figure salary

i’m going to let
this email sit in my inbox
and rot

like raw meat in the hot summer sun

like it’s the only
form of independence
that i truly have left.

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